From two expert presidential scholars comes a new answer to why the Trump presidency happened: decades of partisanship and policies have centered the president as the sole focus of American government to create a treacherous system whose danger may far outlive the politics of Donald J. TrumpDonald Trump∍s presidency and the extraordinary events that led to his reelection in 2024 have changed how we understand the presidency—but this transformation was not of his ow...

Taking the reader through a long view of American history, What Happened to the Vital Center? offers a novel and important contribution to the ongoing scholarly and popular discussion of how America fell apart and what might be done to end the Cold Civil War that fractures the country and weakens the national resolve. In What Happened to the Vital Center?, Nicholas Jacobs and Sidney Milkis tackle a foundational question within American political history: Is current partis...

The widening gulf between rural and urban America is becoming the most serious political divide of our day. Support for Democrats, up and down the ballot, has plummeted throughout the countryside, and the entire governing system is threatened by one-party dominance. After Donald Trump's surprising victories throughout rural America, pundits and journalists went searching for answers, popping into roadside diners and opining from afar. Rural Americans are supposedly bigots, culturally backw...

For those facing hospitalization -- or those with loved ones in need of hospital care, this book provides an excellent guide for a better understanding of the entire process. The reader will gain invaluable insight regarding the admission process, what to expect from the doctors, nurses and administrators and much much more. From the ER to the OR to rehab, the reader will be lead through the step by step process with candor and understanding. Mostly, the writer provides the tools to give Y...

The widening gulf between rural and urban America is becoming the most serious political divide of our day. Support for Democrats, up and down the ballot, has plummeted throughout the countryside, and the entire governing system is threatened by one-party dominance. After Donald Trump’s surprising victories throughout rural America, pundits and journalists went searching for answers, popping into roadside diners and opining from afar. Rural Americans are supposedly bigots, culturally backw...

Out of the chaos following Lenin's death and the mounting fury against Luk�cs and his freshly penned History and Class Consciousness (1923), this book bears an assessment of Lenin as "the only theoretical equal to Marx." Luk�cs shows, with unprecedented clarity, how Lenin's historical interventions-from his vanguard politics and repurposing of the state to his detection of a new, imperialist stage of capitalism-advanced the conjunction of theory and practice, class consciousness a...

A vivid new translation of a timeless classic: Kleist's tense, ambiguous novella about an unexpected pregnancy In a Northern Italian town, a young widowed noblewoman of impeccable reputation publishes a peculiar announcement in a newspaper: she has found herself inexplicably pregnant, and would like the father of the child to make himself known so that she can marry him. The Marquise of O- is the dizzyingly comic tale of how she came to this extremity. It is a story of layered ironies, of ...

The widening gulf between rural and urban America is becoming the most serious political divide of our day. Support for Democrats, up and down the ballot, has plummeted throughout the countryside, and the entire governing system is threatened by one-party dominance. After Donald Trump’s surprising victories throughout rural America, pundits and journalists went searching for answers, popping into roadside diners and opining from afar. Rural Americans are supposedly bigots, culturally backw...

What is The Rainbow Promise?Today, more than at any other time, our society has many voices regarding gender identity that are adversely affecting our children. The Rainbow Promise gives a biblical view of gender and the fact that God made only two-male and female.It tells a pure and uncomplicated story that can be used as an icebreaker tool by parents and educators to address the topic of gender ideology with their children and students. The Rainbow P...

The thirteen essays in this book, presented in honour of Dr A.V.C. (Carl) Schmidt, are designed to reflect the range of his interests. Dr Schmidt, who was a Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford from 1972 until his retirement in 2011, is best known for his comprehensive four-text edition of Piers Plowman, the fruit of a lifetime’s work on that text. He has also made a major contribution to the study of Chaucer and the medieval English contemplatives, and these authors also find a plac...

"Where there is love, there is life."-Mahatma GandhiGet ready for an exciting adventure in The House That Love Built! Join a little brown boy and his grandmother as they go to a special place, a church that's super cool.Like a big hug from Granny Annie, you'll find new things happening on every page. The House That Love Built is more than a book. It's like going on a treasure hunt of love, warmth, and family. So, if you wa...

Strange sounds in the dark. A weird person watching from across the street. The dread of an unknown call at three in the morning. All these evoke a primal response. Scary Stuff is a collection of short stories in the vein of Tales from the Crypt and other horror classics, meant to tap into those deep fears.You hold in your hands a tribute to the classic style of horror published in comics from the 60's and 70's. Stories of mayhem and the macabre. "Scary Stuff" is at heart a love le...